Many people were left stranded in their houses on Monday owing to the South Oropouche River and its tributaries bursting their banks and causing severe flooding. Particularly in the south, many roads became impassable, and people suffered significant losses. Penal, Debe, Barrackpore, Woodland and Moruga were among the hardest hit communities, and on Monday afternoon,
A 39-year-old labourer from Point Fortin, who in 2008 was committed to stand trial on six counts of robbery with aggravation, has been placed on a bond to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for three years. Justice Geoffrey Henderson, presiding in the San Fernando High Court, made the ruling on Monday after